Facebook Home Tops 1M Downloads as Update Rolls Out

Facebook Home officially reached the 1 million download mark today, and in celebration of the milestone, Facebook is rolling out new updates for the mobile app.

For those running the official application, today's update will provide only bug fixes, but the company will push out several more improvements over the coming weeks. Those include a more seamless Chat Heads function, a new full-screen interface for apps accessible with a single swipe, sub-folders within the app dock, and pop ups to help educate users and make Home less confusing to operate, VentureBeat reported.

According to The Next Web, Facebook will roll out Home updates every four weeks.

That doesn't mean that Facebook Home has 1 million users; some might have downloaded to check it out and then uninstalled. But there is an unofficial Home APK that allows savvy users to launch the service on unsupported phones, and according to Facebook, there are more than 10,000 people using it, The Next Web said.

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